Compound Input¶
Basic Input¶
In the UNIFAC program, compounds are expected to be input as SMILES strings, and their ratios are expected as mole fractions. A summary of basic compound input is given below:
Flag |
Purpose |
Example |
|---|---|---|
-h |
Produces help message |
$AMSBIN/unifac –help |
-smiles |
Input molecule as SMILES sting |
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles <SMILES1> <SMILES2> … |
-frac |
Input the mole fractions |
$AMSBIN/unifac -frac <mol fraction 1> <mol fraction 2> … |
-solute |
Specify a molecule as a solute |
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles CCC -solute -smiles … |
-o |
Write output to file |
$AMSBIN/unifac -o <output file> … |
Note that the -smiles and -frac flags are only specified one time and all information ( SMILES strings and mole fractions ) comes after these flags. It is assumed that the order of the mole fractions after the -frac corresponds to the order of the SMILES strings after the -smiles flag. A simple example demonstrating an activity coefficient calculation for a mixture of three compounds is given below:
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles CCCCCC CCCO CCCCBr -solute -frac 0.2 0.3 0.5 -t ACTIVITYCOEF
The -solute flag is used to specify which compounds should be treated as solutes for the PURESOLUBILITY template. See the PURESOLUBILITY section for more information.
Physical Property Input¶
A number of problem templates require physical property information to be input. Physical property information should be input directly after a compound’s SMILES representation. A list of the physical property flags and examples of usage are given below:
Flag |
Purpose |
Example |
|---|---|---|
-pvap |
Vapor pressure (bar) |
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles <SMILES> -pvap 0.43 … |
-tvap |
Temperature (K) corresponding to pvap |
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles <SMILES> -tvap 320.1 … |
-antoine |
Antoine coefficients for compound |
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles <SMILES> -antoine 7.23 1504.2 246.87 … |
-hfusion |
Enthalpy of fusion in kJ/mol |
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles <SMILES> -hfusion 6.4 |
-meltingpoint |
Melting point of compound (K) |
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles <SMILES> -meltingpoint 421.12 |
Below is an example (with synthetic antoine parameters) demonstrating the command line input for a binary mixture calculation (BINMIXCOEF) using vapor pressure estimated from the antoine parameters.
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles "CCCCOCC" -antoine 5 1500 30 \
"CCCCCC" -antoine 6 1234 10 -t BINMIXCOEF
Additionally, we present an example for calculating the solubility of DDT in ethanol. Since DDT is a solid at room temperature, this requires us to input Enthalpy of Fusion and Melting Point data.
$AMSBIN/unifac -smiles \
"C1=CC(=CC=C1C(C2=CC=C(C=C2)Cl)C(Cl)(Cl)Cl)Cl" -hfusion 26.28 -meltingpoint 383 \
"CCO" -frac 0.0 1.0 -t SOLUBILITY